Vocal range
Lauryn Hill
Mezzo-soprano · R&B · Soul · Hip-Hop · USA · prominent since 1996
Cited range
A#2 — A5
Octaves
2.9
Semitones
35
Voice type
Mezzo-soprano
What is Lauryn Hill’s vocal range?
Lauryn Hill's vocal range is commonly cited as A#2 (Bb2) to A5 — about 2.9 octaves, or 35 semitones, and is usually classified as mezzo-soprano.
Forward, nasal placement and rap-adjacent timing; belts inside a narrow, tightly held band. That cited span is wider than 62% of the 357 voices in this library.
- Signature song
- Doo Wop (That Thing)
Reading the numbers
- That floor is a full 11 semitones beneath where a mezzo-soprano's range conventionally starts (A3).
- 1 other voice here carries the identical cited range — at the resolution these figures are quoted in, those voices are indistinguishable on the chart.
- No separate full-voice ceiling is cited, so the figures describe a range worked largely in full voice across its 35 semitones.
- One of only 5 Hip-Hop voices in this library.
- 5 other voices here bottom out on the same A#2.
Commonly cited figures, not lab measurements — extreme notes are one-off recorded moments, not the singer’s everyday range.
You vs Lauryn Hill
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Same notes, other voices
Also bottoming out on A#2
5 other voices here are cited to the same floor.
Also topping out on A5
28 other voices here reach the same ceiling.